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It’s important to find hobbies in your community. Life can be a monotonous routine of waking up, going to work, eating dinner and coming home. Rather than live that life day in and day out, find small ways of changing your life. One of the best way to avoid boredom infiltrating your mind is to take up a hobby that you will look forward to during the week. You should make sure you have a passion for your hobby and be willing to put yourself out there. Here are some types of hobbies we suggest you try out.

Sports are great for athletic individuals who want to stay in shape. There are many sports leagues and they can vary from intense competitions to casual activities. If you played a sport in school, then research in your community if there are pickup games that you can join. There are resources such as meetup.com, independent organizations in your city, and referrals from friends that you can seek. Having an athletic hobby will not only foster your sense of fun but it is an incredible way to keep fit without realizing it is exercising!

Creative hobbies are those wanting to dive into their mind and work their imagination. Writing, photography, filmmaking, painting, sculpting, or anything that requires the creation of something new fits into this category. We want to feel inspired each and every day and having a creative hobby will help. Each day gives us new ideas and we can take those ideas and translate it into the medium of our choice. Being creative will work your mind and allow you have deep thoughts. You never know when your passion can eventually lead to a full-time career, beyond your wildest imagination.

Volunteer for an organization you care about! Hobbies do not always have to be focused on yourself. It can be something that you share with your community as well. If you have an organization that you want to dedicate your time to, then setting up a schedule to volunteer with them is a great idea. Charities and different non-profit organizations are always seeking help and having volunteers improves their service greatly.

Living life bored is not a good way to maintain your health. You need to discover new ways for finding inspiration and being excited about the week. Rather than working and coming home, taketime to pursue a passion project or an activity you wanted to try. You won’t regret doing something that’s been on your mind but later down the road, if you didn’t do it, THAT you will regret. Start researching your interests in your city and see what options are available. Take the chance and I guarantee you’ll have a blast!

I love life. I think people take it for granted too often. I like to think of ourselves as miracles because we truly are. When I wake up every morning, I am grateful to be alive. To exist in a world where we are surrounded by other like-minded individuals and to cohabitate is mesmerizing. Yet while I am enjoying this world I live in and the people I get to hang out with, there are some aspects of this world that infuriate me and reminds me that not everything is as peachy as one would hope.

The first thing that comes to mind is murder. I can not comprehend the idea that someone can be so despicable and angry with life that they are willing to take the life of another human being. We are all granted with one chance and to be denied living that life is depressing to think about. You hear of stories in the news about wives being killed by their estranged husbands or hostages being tortured and brutally murdered. It makes me sick to my stomach that these people exist and it seems impossible to go without a day without death due to the hands of another individual.

What usually precedes a murder is hatred. We should be living in a world where we can accept each other’s differences, but that seems unlikely. People have varying degrees of opinions ranging from topics such as lifestyle, religion, race and these issues conflict with one another. We can see racism, homophobia, hate for other religions, and total disrespect in our streets every day. It’s absurd that we can’t live peacefully with each other and are more focused on our differences rather than our similarities.

I tend to put a focus on how we physically hurt one another, but we also hurt the planet we live on. There is a total disregard for the environment and its inhabitants. People are willing to litter on the street and not pick up after themselves. You see trash in the ocean of our beautiful blue planet. Are we supposed to sit back and see trash pile up and ruin our water supply? This goes back to how people can be selfish and focused only on themselves and do not consider their place on this planet. We need to be more mindful of the ways we are harming our environment because it will come back to bite us in the ass.

The world is a beautiful place. I see happiness, enthusiasm, and good intentions every day. But it’s hard to focus on that at times when you know that on the opposite end, the truly bad exist as well. As much as we would not like to dwell on the negative aspects of this planet, we need to be mindful that they do exist. If we can get people to go from being angry to happy, the world will see less and less of these issues. But that will take time and, unfortunately, that is one commodity we are wasting. Let’s make better use of it and help change the world.

Everyone you encounter in your day to day life is facing a battle of their own that you may not know about. Just like others may not know what you are internally struggling with, you do not know what the person on the opposite end is dealing with either. With all the challenges that we face in our lives, this makes it more important for us to always practice kindness and to be mindful of when someone else is in need of it.

We are all worthy of experiencing and giving kindness in our lives. It is something that needs to be shared because it will lift the spirits of others when they are in contact with it. It can turn a bad day good and in return, bring more positive energy into our world and push the negative ones out. Problem is, people tend to forget to be kind especially when they are placed in stressful circumstances.

When you are panicking or freaking out about something in your life, this is the most important time to be as mindful as possible when it comes to kindness. Learn to always be kind to others even when a mistake has been made. If you have to discipline an employee, do it in a respectable manner as opposed to a patronizing one. One should avoid being condescending, stuck-up, and insulting during these unfortunate circumstances. It can make all the difference in how your peer may see you as a supervisor, a co-worker, or even a friend. Nobody wants to hang out with someone they know will go ballistic and be rude and degrading if things do not go their way.

When you encounter strangers in the street, including the homeless and those less fortunate than you, be careful to not become judgmental of their situations. Having empathy will shape you to be a more considerate individual and will make you inclined to be kind more often.

There are different things you can do to provide kindness to others. First and foremost, you should avoid saying anything hurtful and negative to another person and always take their feelings into consideration. Second, donate your time and money to a cause that you feel strongly about. By reaching out to different organizations, you put yourself on the front line of fighting for something you care deeply about. Third, surround yourself around kind people. Being around optimistic and friendly nurturing individuals will instill the same qualities in you. Finally, do an act of kindness every so often. Pay for someone’s groceries or his or her next meal. Send a gift to a friend for no reason. All of these things can help you get in the spirit of kindness and not only will make the other person feel better, but you’ll feel happier as well.

Kindness is so often forgotten in a world that can often look scary. People from all different backgrounds clash with one another all the time. But slowly, if we all take the time to be kind and learn to respect one another, the world can gradually shape into a whole different place than it is now. Let’s start one person at a time.

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